Bukhansan is a massive granite mountain range sitting right inside a city of ten million people. You just ride the subway, and a short walk later, you are climbing up through deep valleys and forest.
As you hike, you’ll catch sections of an eighteenth-century fortress wall—stacked stone that snakes along the ridgelines, turning cliffs into a boundary line.
And by the time you drop back to the base, the mountain doesn’t exactly let you go. The trail spills into a row of outdoor restaurants, and the hike quietly turns into a meal.
